Word: drafted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Caught by the doctors' draft in the fall of 1952, Peress was commissioned, no questions asked. When an Army officers' loyalty questionnaire was sent to him, Peress refused to fill it out. While one arm of the Army was investigating him, another arm gave Peress a routine promotion to major. Last Jan. 18 the Army ordered Major Peress, then stationed at Camp Kilmer, N.J., to be honorably discharged within three months. On Jan. 30, McCarthy grilled him in secret session. Peress refused to answer, pleading the Fifth Amendment. Three days later he was a civilian with an honorable...
...Walsh, 66, longtime president of the National Guard Association. Walsh knew that behind Hannah's faint praise lay basic distrust of the peacetime Guard: Hannah is convinced that many Guard outfits are shot through with political officers, overaged officers, incompetents, and youths who joined up to avoid the draft. Challenged Walsh: "If they want war, let it begin here."* Then he really warmed up: "If the distinguished savant from Michigan State College, or anybody else for that matter, believes that the Army National Guard can be built up and maintained by assigning it to a home-guard role...
...draft the oil bill, the Turkish government hired another Washington lawyer, Max Ball, an oil specialist who helped write Israel's oil legislation. The bill permits foreign private oil companies to drill in Turkey under 50-year leases, pay the Turkish government only a modest royalty on the oil and gas produced, until they recoup their investment. After that, the company and the government split the net profits. An important feature: instead of granting a nationwide concession to a single company or syndicate, the bill guarantees competition by keeping the door open to newcomers, and by limiting the area...
Jordan asserted, however, that since women are not bothered by the problems of the draft and professional work, they do not feel the same pressure to finish college in three years...
...that prospects for reenlistment have a direct relation to economic conditions. "As unemployment grows, more enlist, and many stay in. When it is easier on the outside, fewer come in and larger numbers leave." The official expressed hope that the Air Force would not have to resort to the draft...